Dan Rather

Dan Rather (31 October 1931-) was an American journalist from Wharton, Texas. He began his career as an AP reporter in Huntsville, Texas in 1950, and he worked for various press and media organizations before becoming the CBS Southwest Bureau chief in Dallas. In this position, he was on the scene when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, and his reporting led to his elevation to White House Correspondent in 1964. He served as a foreign correspondent in London and Vietnam from 1964 to 1966 before returning to the White House to cover Richard Nixon during his 1972 visit to China, the Watergate scandal, and his resignation in 1974. In 1981, after Walter Cronkite's retirement, Rather was promoted to be anchor of the CBS Evening News, occupying the role for 24 years. He worked with CBS until 2006, and he continued to be involved with the media as the host of Dan Rather Reports. On 5 August 2019,